Daily Tech News 26 August 2025

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The Geekom A9 Max is a 5" square mini-PC with a Ryzen 370, up to 128GB of RAM, and room for a 2280 and a 2230 M.2 drive. (Liliputing)

And dual HDMI, dual USB4, and dual 2.5Gb Ethernet. A pretty solid little system, though somewhat expensive at $999.
The Geekom A9 Mega is an 8" square mini-PC with a Ryzen 395+, up to 128GB of RAM, and room for two 2280 M.2 drives. (Notebook Check)

And dual HDMI, dual USB4, and dual 2.5Gb Ethernet. A pretty solid little system, though somewhat expensive at $1899.

This looks like a Mac Studio next to a Mac Mini. Looks quite good actually.

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AMD and Intel have both cut the prices of their top server CPUs by up to 50%. (WCCFTech)

Huh.

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My new GP wants to know how I'm not dead and made me swear to go to the ER if the numbers got worse. Seems like just ignoring health issues can only get you so far.

(Checking in though with my home BP machine that sparked the crisis, the numbers got better. Which doesn't mean I am better, just that things are trending in the right direction. Everything fell apart about six weeks ago when I contracted RSV.)

Musical Interlude

Song is Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake.

Disclaimer: Foof.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:31 AM (aURVT)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 26, 2025 04:31 AM (+qU29)

3 It's still the middle of the night.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 26, 2025 04:32 AM (0eaVi)

4 Good morning.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 26, 2025 04:33 AM (nedAL)

5 >>>things are trending in the right direction

Thankful for small blessings.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:35 AM (aURVT)

6 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 04:35 AM (E+OH8)

7 BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 04:35 AM (E+OH

Caught the last of the ONT comments. So, what do you think it was, meth house?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 26, 2025 04:36 AM (0eaVi)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2025 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

9 Everything fell apart about six weeks ago when I contracted RSV.
-

You need a good lawyer before you sign up for one of those things.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 04:38 AM (E+OH8)

10 I hope have a better day today

Posted by: Skip at August 26, 2025 04:38 AM (+qU29)

11
Just how bad did those BP numbers get?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 26, 2025 04:38 AM (w6EFb)

12 G'mornin all y'all
Pixy, good direction is GOOD.

Posted by: OkJohn at August 26, 2025 04:39 AM (NC/it)

13 Caught the last of the ONT comments. So, what do you think it was, meth house?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 26, 2025 04:36 AM (0eaVi)
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That's my initial thought.

I read that the ATF is already investigating.

Say, have we forgotten the rules here? No meth!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 04:39 AM (E+OH8)

14 13 Caught the last of the ONT comments. So, what do you think it was, meth house?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 26, 2025 04:36 AM (0eaVi)
...
Say, have we forgotten the rules here? No meth!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 04:39 AM (E+OH

Ha!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:42 AM (aURVT)

15
I think meth will spike your BP pretty good.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 26, 2025 04:42 AM (w6EFb)

16 Haven't had a job closer than 28 miles since idle of May.
Another long commute north.
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 26, 2025 04:43 AM (+qU29)

17 Oink!

I got sidetracked writing a draft of a poem that has refused to pop out of my head for the last 2 months until tonight.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 26, 2025 04:43 AM (zdKZs)

18 15 I think meth will spike your BP pretty good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 26, 2025 04:42 AM (w6EFb)

Don't try this at home, kids.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:44 AM (aURVT)

19 Don't try this at home, kids.
Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:44 AM (aURVT)

Don't try it anywhere.

Posted by: Your Teeth at August 26, 2025 04:45 AM (0eaVi)

20 St. Louis explosion:

"The call came out about 9:13 AM"

None of the methmakers are up that early, are they?

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:46 AM (aURVT)

21 I got sidetracked writing a draft of a poem that has refused to pop out of my head for the last 2 months until tonight.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 26, 2025 04:43 AM (zdKZs)

That happens. You have to write it down while it's there, or you'll forget the inspiration.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 26, 2025 04:47 AM (0eaVi)

22 St. Louis explosion:

"The call came out about 9:13 AM"

None of the methmakers are up that early, are they?
Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:46 AM (aURVT)

Unattended equipment?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 26, 2025 04:48 AM (0eaVi)

23 copied from the ONT:

327 Yesterday, something in St. Louis went BOOM!

https://tinyurl.com/bdmbppxd
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 03:51 AM (E+OH8 )

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:48 AM (aURVT)

24 also copied from the ONT:

314 https://tinyurl.com/y3yn7hmm

A very good 20 Posts from.Doug Ross Substack
Posted by: Skip at August 26, 2025 01:55 AM (+qU29 )

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:49 AM (aURVT)

25 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 26, 2025 04:51 AM (XQo4F)

26 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 04:51 AM (u82oZ)

27 Emma Peel.

Wistful sigh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 04:52 AM (u82oZ)

28 "Everything fell apart about six weeks ago when I contracted RSV"

They're as bad as timeshares!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 26, 2025 04:53 AM (L5An7)

29 11
Just how bad did those BP numbers get?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

Bad enough for a reading from a $20 toy from Amazon to get me in to see a clinic that wasn't accepting new patients and walk out with a new GP, prescriptions for two new meds, and a detailed treatment plan.

But almost no symptoms and no obvious cause.

More tests tomorrow and a second visit next week.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2025 04:58 AM (BLOW1)

30 20 St. Louis explosion:

"The call came out about 9:13 AM"

None of the methmakers are up that early, are they?
Posted by: m

Depends if they are using the product. If they are, they've probably been up for days.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2025 05:00 AM (sAmhv)

31 Someone else at work had RSV at the same time, similar age group, but very different responses. Looks like I had largely symptom-free BP problems the entire time.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2025 05:02 AM (BLOW1)

32 Pixy Misa

Prayers ascending for you.

If you are prescribed Emma Peel, good luck!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 05:03 AM (u82oZ)

33 “About 9:13”

That sounds fairly specific actually

Posted by: Common Tater at August 26, 2025 05:03 AM (Mvylh)

34 19 Don't try it anywhere.
Posted by: Your Teeth at August 26, 2025 04:45 AM (0eaVi)

30 20 ... if they are using the product ... they've probably been up for days
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2025 05:00 AM (sAmhv)

Ya'll know meth!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:06 AM (aURVT)

35 I like those Geekom PCs. There is a market for a well designed and executed computing appliance, something Apple has made into a pretty nifty business. It would great if one of the major PC companies would start building these things.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 26, 2025 05:07 AM (zdKZs)

36 m

Meth on the Blog? Seems skeevy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 05:07 AM (u82oZ)

37 Diana Rigg:

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers; Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's ... (Wikipedia)

Born: July 20, 1938, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Died: September 10, 2020 (age 82 years), London, United Kingdom

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:08 AM (aURVT)

38 13 Say, have we forgotten the rules here? No meth!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 04:39 AM (E+OH

36 Meth on the Blog?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 05:07 AM (u82oZ)

Ha!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:09 AM (aURVT)

39 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Love your ethanol nic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 05:12 AM (u82oZ)

40 Never saw the telly show. There is an old time radio version of the Avengers, it was pretty good, heard a few of those. Well written

Posted by: Common Tater at August 26, 2025 05:13 AM (Mvylh)

41 Common Tater

Watching the Avengers may lead to unrealistic expectations in adventure partners.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 05:14 AM (u82oZ)

42 Have a great day, everyone.

May you be cool and comfortable.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 05:17 AM (u82oZ)

43 Song is Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake.

oops

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:19 AM (aURVT)

44 As I recall, meth or meth equivalent was once marketed as diet pills. I also recall, Mother's little helpers, remarkably, tended to find a wider audience the Mothers. Then the MDs figured this out and ruined everybody's days and nights. If I recall correctly house cleaning took a nose dive too. The 1960s lacked a lot of guard rails in place these days.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 26, 2025 05:20 AM (zdKZs)

45 43 Song is Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake.

oops
Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:19 AM (aURVT)

well, now it's good

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:20 AM (aURVT)

46 Love your ethanol nic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 05:12 AM (u82oZ)
-

It's actually an ethanol hash.

Hmm. Might as well try meth.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 05:23 AM (E+OH8)

47 Never saw the telly show. There is an old time radio version of the Avengers, it was pretty good, heard a few of those. Well written
Posted by: Common Tater at August 26, 2025 05:13 AM (Mvylh)

Steed was a minor character in the early show snippets extant with Honor Blackman.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 26, 2025 05:23 AM (0eaVi)

48 CBD, this video digs into some 1960s French rock bands. You might start name dropping these and see if you make any new friends.

France Goes Fuzz
10 Wild Psych, Garage & Proto-Punk Tracks from 60s France

https://youtu.be/mbyp0LQRdIQ

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 26, 2025 05:23 AM (zdKZs)

49 46 It's actually an ethanol hash.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 05:23 AM (E+OH8 )

"Far out, man."

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:25 AM (aURVT)

50 My feets hurts.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2025 05:34 AM (BLOW1)

51 50 My feets hurts.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2025 05:34 AM (BLOW1)

yikes

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:35 AM (aURVT)

52 France Goes Fuzz
10 Wild Psych, Garage & Proto-Punk Tracks from 60s France

https://youtu.be/mbyp0LQRdIQ

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 26, 2025 05:23 AM (zdKZs)
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One of my older siblings was a fan of Françoise Hardy. I see she died last year.

As for me, never cared for any French music.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 05:36 AM (E+OH8)

53 Hope you’re doing better with your BP soon, Pixy. Health problems seem to be getting around here, lately.

Was there a problem with the comment server yesterday?

I could get to the main page and post pages fine but the comment pages wouldn’t load for awhile.

I didn’t see anybody else mention it, so maybe it was a DNS thing on my end.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 26, 2025 05:37 AM (6ydKt)

54 Mornin' Horde.

@m: The other day I socked "Maxwell Smart" and said "Missed it by THAT much" on a missed 100 post of yours. I was trying to amuse you, but I think it landed badly. Sorry about that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 05:40 AM (O7YUW)

55 I got a tiny little New Testament and Psalms from a nice guy at the Gideons booth at the fair. I need a magnifying glass to read it. Anyway, here is one passage to use when dealing with anxiety:

Proverbs 12:25-

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.

( note in the study Bible I have says, "A good word " is any word that gives encouragement , but a good word makes it glad."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 05:40 AM (2GCMq)

56 My feets hurts.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2025 05:34 AM (BLOW1)
-

Your feet are rented? Do you have a mileage limit?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 05:41 AM (E+OH8)

57 Thanks for the prayers for my son. The person who was supposed to interview him never showed up but son said he could do an interface on the phone or something where he could set up another time?! This is so weird to me. I liked it better when interviews were face to face.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 05:43 AM (2GCMq)

58 57 -The interview was supposed to be by Zoom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 05:44 AM (2GCMq)

59 @53/SpeakingOf: "Was there a problem with the comment server yesterday?"

Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

60 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 26, 2025 05:23 AM (zdKZs)

Music in France is weird. Restaurants will play awful covers of 70s music, or equally awful techno.

It's obviously one more data point to prove their descent into 3rd world status.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 26, 2025 05:46 AM (L5An7)

61 54 Mornin' Horde.

@m: The other day I socked "Maxwell Smart" and said "Missed it by THAT much" on a missed 100 post of yours. I was trying to amuse you, but I think it landed badly. Sorry about that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 05:40 AM (O7YUW)

Oh, I thought it was very funny!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:46 AM (aURVT)

62 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 26, 2025 05:48 AM (hoCmQ)

63 44 As I recall, meth or meth equivalent was once marketed as diet pills. I also recall, Mother's little helpers, remarkably, tended to find a wider audience the Mothers. Then the MDs figured this out and ruined everybody's days and nights. If I recall correctly house cleaning took a nose dive too. The 1960s lacked a lot of guard rails in place these days.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 26, 2025 05:20 AM (zdKZs)

That sent me off to googling Valley of the Dolls.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:48 AM (aURVT)

64 @61/m: Oh, okay! Well, glad it amused as intended then.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

65 I guess they figure doing interviews over Zoom or FaceTime is easier for everybody, but it’s a pain for people not used to interacting that way or for people without tech savvy.

Also easier to ghost somebody when it’s all communication by wire.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 26, 2025 05:50 AM (6ydKt)

66 56 My feets hurts.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2025 05:34 AM (BLOW1)
-

Your feet are rented? Do you have a mileage limit?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 05:41 AM (E+OH

Feet Hertz? Feet hertz?

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:51 AM (aURVT)

67 The 50%-off price of those two very expensive server CPUs: It's amazing what we'll pay for a little bit of sand.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

68 One foot per second?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 05:52 AM (3pmZ8)

69 I got a tiny little New Testament and Psalms from a nice guy at the Gideons booth at the fair.

When I arrived at the MEPS station at 4 in the morning, the Gideons were there handing those out to us. I think I still have mine after all these years and it's one of the few things they did not take from you during processing.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 26, 2025 05:52 AM (NR6c1)

70 @66/m: "Feet Hertz? Feet hertz?"

'Not exactly.'

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

71 46 Love your ethanol nic.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2025 05:12 AM (u82oZ)

It's actually an ethanol hash.

Hmm. Might as well try meth.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2025 05:23 AM (E+OH

(m)ethanol

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:53 AM (aURVT)

72 Feet Hertz.

+++

What's the frequency, Pixy?

Posted by: R.E.M. at August 26, 2025 05:54 AM (XQo4F)

73 68 One foot per second?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 05:52 AM (3pmZ

MATH!!!

Two feet per third.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:55 AM (aURVT)

74 Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

I wish I had a Time Machine right about now.

I’ve got a list of bad decisions I’d like to reverse.

But then there’s The Butterfly Effect, so, probably not worth it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 26, 2025 05:55 AM (6ydKt)

75 Christian scientists talk about things they saw in space that secular scientists won't reveal. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3jntfxb5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 05:55 AM (2GCMq)

76 59 @53/SpeakingOf: "Was there a problem with the comment server yesterday?"

Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

Moar feet.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:56 AM (aURVT)

77 MATH!!!

Two feet per third.
Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:55 AM (aURVT)

Freedom fractions' ugly sister. No one wants to meter.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 05:58 AM (3pmZ8)

78 Posted by: NR Pax at August 26, 2025 05:52 AM (NR6c1

I made the guy laugh when I said, " Could you please hand me out a little magnifying glass to go with it?" Somewhere here I have a Full size Gideons Bible that used to be in hotel room. When spouse and I were staying at a hotel room years ago I'm guessing that some annoyed hotel patron had tossed it out and I found it in the parking lot. Hotel clerk or owner said I could keep it .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 05:59 AM (2GCMq)

79 I’ve got a list of bad decisions I’d like to reverse.

But then there’s The Butterfly Effect, so, probably not worth it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I've mulled that over more than once and came to the same conclusion. Sure, I would have made better choices but I could have made others that were arguably worse.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 26, 2025 06:01 AM (NR6c1)

80 A little while ago I saw Sirius in the eastern sky.

The Dog Star.

The dog days of summer draweth nigh.

And stop calling me.

Surely.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 26, 2025 06:01 AM (XQo4F)

81 77 MATH!!!

Two feet per third.
Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 05:55 AM (aURVT)

Freedom fractions' ugly sister. No one wants to meter.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 05:58 AM (3pmZ

"One: two: why, then, 'tis time to do't.--Hell is murky!--Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?"

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:02 AM (aURVT)

82 @75/FenelonSpoke: "Christian ~~scientists~~ astronauts talk about things they saw in space that secular scientists won't reveal."

Very cool, and I'm glad that "suspended it upon nothing" verse from Job got included.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:02 AM (O7YUW)

83 Be well, Pixy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 26, 2025 06:03 AM (i24o9)

84 @76/m: "Moar feet."

They Hz too much.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:03 AM (O7YUW)

85 84 @76/m: "Moar feet."

They Hz too much.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:03 AM (O7YUW)

haha

50 My feets hurts.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2025 05:34 AM (BLOW1)

My ft. Hz.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:05 AM (aURVT)

86 7 year old's trash can business leads to parade of Lamborghinis:

https://tinyurl.com/m8dj5hbc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 06:05 AM (2GCMq)

87 Christian scientists talk about things they saw in space that secular scientists won't reveal. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3jntfxb5
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 05:55 AM (2GCMq)

There a few Russian cosmonauts who swear they saw “angelic beings” outside the Salyut 7 space station in 1984.

They were absolutely convinced they saw something appearing like angels with halos and smiling at them.

https://tinyurl.com/22m52pzm
(CatholicStand.com)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 26, 2025 06:05 AM (6ydKt)

88
"Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance, And the hills in a pair of scales?"

Posted by: Isaiah 40:12 at August 26, 2025 06:06 AM (XQo4F)

89 88 "Who has measured ... And marked off ... by the span, And calculated ... by the measure, And weighed ... in a balance, And ... in a pair of scales?"
Posted by: Isaiah 40:12 at August 26, 2025 06:06 AM (XQo4F)

much math

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:07 AM (aURVT)

90 Yesterday some folks here were talking about the gym. Here a dog joins in exercise with his owner at the gym:

https://tinyurl.com/3s5w9vvd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 06:09 AM (2GCMq)

91 50 My feets hurts.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2025 05:34 AM (BLOW1)

If this is something for which the GP would want you to hasten yourself to an ER, then hasten yourself to an ER, please.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:09 AM (aURVT)

92 Glad you're not dead, Pixy!

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 26, 2025 06:10 AM (ppG5b)

93 Nobody's asked "Can I have your stuff?" but ....

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:13 AM (aURVT)

94 @57/FenelonSpoke: Y'welcome.

"The person who was supposed to interview him never showed up..."

That's very rude and inconsiderate on their part. Not a good first impression.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

95 If I didn't make all my dumb decisions when I was young and dumb and it didn't matter as much, I would have to make them now when I'm older and responsible for more things and it really does matter.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 06:14 AM (3pmZ8)

96 That's very rude and inconsiderate on their part. Not a good first impression.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

I've always thought that any job interview is a two way street.

I'm trying to convince you to hire me, sure. But you also need to convince me that I actually would want to work here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 06:15 AM (3pmZ8)

97 Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:07 AM (aURVT

Very nice passage. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 06:15 AM (2GCMq)

98 St. Louis updates:

Firefighters arrived Monday morning to the 13800 block of Evan Aire Drive and found five homes on fire.

Three people were hospitalized and approximately 20 homes damaged following an explosion Monday morning....

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:15 AM (aURVT)

99 86 7 year old's trash can business leads to parade of Lamborghinis:

https://tinyurl.com/m8dj5hbc

___

Cool story, bro.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 26, 2025 06:15 AM (XQo4F)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:16 AM (aURVT)

101 100 100
Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:16 AM (aURVT)

one day you're going to have to change your nic to "c".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 06:16 AM (3pmZ8)

102 101 100 100
Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:16 AM (aURVT)

one day you're going to have to change your nic to "c".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 06:16 AM (3pmZ

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:17 AM (aURVT)

103 eh, math is inescapable.
some Heinlein character (think it was in The Rolling Stones)
says "just about anything worth anything runs on mathematics"
or words to that effect ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 26, 2025 06:18 AM (ppG5b)

104 88 "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance, And the hills in a pair of scales?"
Posted by: Isaiah 40:12 at August 26, 2025 06:06 AM (XQo4F)

(XQo4F) = Quarter Twenty

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:18 AM (aURVT)

105 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 26, 2025 06:18 AM (AN2gy)

106 Indeed. They just proved that he should not want to work for them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 26, 2025 06:18 AM (ZmEVT)

107 103 eh, math is inescapable.
some Heinlein character (think it was in The Rolling Stones)
says "just about anything worth anything runs on mathematics"
or words to that effect ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 26, 2025 06:18 AM (ppG5b)

"The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics". It really is the native language of the universe.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 06:19 AM (3pmZ8)

108 (XQo4F) = Quarter Twenty

###

Maaaayyyybbbbeee...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 26, 2025 06:19 AM (XQo4F)

109 @100/m: https://youtu.be/8AMIrxx3gx8

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

110 "You have been weighed and found wanting."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 26, 2025 06:19 AM (ZmEVT)

111 "You may expel math with a pitchfork, but she will always return."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 26, 2025 06:19 AM (ppG5b)

112 "Man is the measure of all things."

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:20 AM (aURVT)

113 https://tinyurl.com/y3yn7hmm

A very good 20 Posts from.Doug Ross Substack

An illegal alien "drove his Maserati" into oncoming traffic. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess this fella is affiliated with some cartel.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 26, 2025 06:21 AM (ExV1e)

114 that puts it well, W-o!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 26, 2025 06:21 AM (ppG5b)

115 109 @100/m: https://youtu.be/8AMIrxx3gx8
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

hahahaha
hahahahahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:21 AM (aURVT)

116 @98/m: Either that was a natural gas explosion with the gas and air mixed just to the right proportions to achieve explosion upon ignition, or someone was cookin' meth. St. Louis, so I'm going to guess meth.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:21 AM (O7YUW)

117
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."

~ Isaac Newton

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 26, 2025 06:22 AM (XQo4F)

118 "Sheep Crossing" - a nice devotional about God our shepherd and Ezekiel 34:11-16 .

https://tinyurl.com/2wb9va38

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 06:22 AM (2GCMq)

119 Another DSA member, Linda Sarsour, is speaking at the PYM conference, speaking about her desire to die a martyr. Sarsour lives in the US- how exactly does she plan to accomplish that on American soil?

More to the point, why has no kind American fulfilled her wish?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 26, 2025 06:23 AM (ExV1e)

120 Evening and morning, all! Any Tiu's Day, or any day, that can start off with a video of Emma Peel snippets from The Avengers can't be all bad; I congratulate Pixy!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2025 06:23 AM (omVj0)

121 Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 26, 2025 06:05 AM (6ydKt

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 06:24 AM (2GCMq)

122 *An illegal alien "drove his Maserati" into oncoming traffic.*

He lost his license.
Now he can't drive.

Posted by: Joe Walsh at August 26, 2025 06:25 AM (XQo4F)

123 Go to Teheran and preach Jesus.

Martyrdom awaits.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 26, 2025 06:25 AM (ZmEVT)

124 Here’s another article on the Salyut 7 incident.

Apparently the angels were about 80 feet tall with wingspans like a 747.

But a shared hallucination by three cosmonauts one day and all six on another day is highly improbable.

https://tinyurl.com/yucxrrmk
(UFOInsight)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 26, 2025 06:26 AM (6ydKt)

125 Da Vinci, Vitruvian Man:

Vitruvius, the architect, says in his architectural work that the measurements of man are in nature distributed in this manner, that is 4 fingers make a palm, 4 palms make a foot, 6 palms make a cubit, 4 cubits make a man, 4 cubits make a footstep, 24 palms make a man and these measures are in his buildings. If you open your legs enough that your head is lowered by 1/14 of your height and raise your arms enough that your extended fingers touch the line of the top of your head, let you know that the center of the ends of the open limbs will be the navel, and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:26 AM (aURVT)

126 I really enjoyed the Emma Peel snippet, Pixy. That was a fun show, she was lovely and a good actress as she showed in many other roles.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 06:26 AM (2GCMq)

127 122 *An illegal alien "drove his Maserati" into oncoming traffic.*

He lost his license.
Now he can't drive.
Posted by: Joe Walsh at August 26, 2025 06:25 AM (XQo4F)

DUI, too.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:28 AM (aURVT)

128 Never saw the telly show. There is an old time radio version of the Avengers, it was pretty good, heard a few of those. Well written
Posted by: Common Tater at August 26, 2025
*
Steed was a minor character in the early show snippets extant with Honor Blackman.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 26, 2025

***
I never heard of the radio series. Yes, when the show originally started -- before the first Bond film, even -- Steed was a minor character with a male co-star, a character who was a doctor. Then we got Honor Blackman, and Steed became much more important and much more the vivid character we got to know. In the HB eps I've seen, I'm never sure whether Blackman's Cathy Gale even *liked* Steed. We were never in doubt about Emma's affection for Steed, though. And the scripts became much more sparkly in dialog, and even more far-fetched in plots, though that was the fun of it all. The first B & W season is good stuff.

Steed (in an adventure where Emma goes undercover to work in a department store): "They told me Mrs. Peel was in Ladies' Underwear. I took the stairs two at a time."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)

129

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)

130 Moar Tech for the Tech Thread:

The Register: "The air is hissing out of the overinflated AI balloon - Are tech giants getting nervous? They should be"

https://tinyurl.com/ssstmt98

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:29 AM (O7YUW)

131 moar math: you take the name "Pixy"

and the first two letters are

pi

and that's followed by

x

and

y

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:29 AM (aURVT)

132 @129/Wolfus: " {crickets} "

The furry thugs stole Wolfus' post! They've dragged it off under the bed, and are growling at anyone that would yoink it back.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

133 132 @129/Wolfus: " {crickets} "

The furry thugs stole Wolfus' post! They've dragged it off under the bed, and are growling at anyone that would yoink it back.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Cats can be harsh bosses. Poor Wolfus. Thoughts and prayers!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2025 06:32 AM (sAmhv)

134 133 132 @129/Wolfus: " {crickets} "

The furry thugs stole Wolfus' post! They've dragged it off under the bed, and are growling at anyone that would yoink it back.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Cats can be harsh bosses. Poor Wolfus. Thoughts and prayers!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2025 06:32 AM (sAmhv)

Good kitties.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:33 AM (aURVT)

135 "They've dragged it off under the bed, and are growling at anyone that would yoink it back."

Hate it when that happens.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 26, 2025 06:33 AM (XQo4F)

136 132 @129/Wolfus: " {crickets} "

The furry thugs stole Wolfus' post! They've dragged it off under the bed, and are growling at anyone that would yoink it back.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
*
Cats can be harsh bosses. Poor Wolfus. Thoughts and prayers!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2025

***
Savage, evil, and alien though they are . . . they're mine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2025 06:35 AM (omVj0)

137 Supposed to be drier today, as in less humid, by afternoon. I believes it when I feels it. In the meantime I have to find my motivation to work out this morning. Maybe it's hiding in my Dan Post cowboy boots.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2025 06:37 AM (omVj0)

138 And stop calling me.

Surely.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 26, 2025 06:01 AM (XQo4F)

I finally saw that "Airplane" for the first time about a week ago. I really enjoyed it!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 06:37 AM (2GCMq)

139 I finally saw that "Airplane" for the first time about a week ago. I really enjoyed it!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025

***
"Give me a vector, Victor!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2025 06:39 AM (omVj0)

140 136 132 @129/Wolfus: " {crickets} "

The furry thugs stole Wolfus' post! They've dragged it off under the bed, and are growling at anyone that would yoink it back.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
*
Cats can be harsh bosses. Poor Wolfus. Thoughts and prayers!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2025

***
Savage, evil, and alien though they are . . . they're mine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2025 06:35 AM (omVj0)

Or ... you're theirs or ....

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:39 AM (aURVT)

141 Later daywalkers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2025 06:40 AM (sAmhv)

142 Steed (in an adventure where Emma goes undercover to work in a department store): "They told me Mrs. Peel was in Ladies' Underwear. I took the stairs two at a time."

LOL. Good line Of course, I was a kid when "The Avengers" was on but I never got the impression that they were in a romantic relationship , and when she left the series or it ended there is a shot of him looking down as she leaves in a car with her husband.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 06:41 AM (2GCMq)

143 116 @98/m: Either that was a natural gas explosion with the gas and air mixed just to the right proportions to achieve explosion upon ignition, or someone was cookin' meth. St. Louis, so I'm going to guess meth.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:21 AM (O7YUW)

Haven't seen any updates on cause. That's what I had been looking for.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:41 AM (aURVT)

144 @131/m: Excellent observation about Pixy's name. I never saw that before...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:44 AM (O7YUW)

145 Do you like movies about gladiators?

Posted by: Obligatory at August 26, 2025 06:44 AM (XQo4F)

146 The Register: "The air is hissing out of the overinflated AI balloon - Are tech giants getting nervous? They should be"

https://tinyurl.com/ssstmt98
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:29 AM (O7YUW)

Apparently, there were a number of people - predominantly women - who developed a romantic attachment to ChatGPT 4. ChatGPT 5 removed the ability for the AI to behave in that manner. Now we're seeing an article about the AI bubble being deflated.

Coincidence?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 26, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e)

147 144 @131/m: Excellent observation about Pixy's name. I never saw that before...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:44 AM (O7YUW)

Couldn't figure "Misa."

PIXY, are you o.k.?

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:46 AM (aURVT)

148 Couldn't figure "Misa."

Unbeknownst to the universe, Pixy is a Gungan mathematician.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 26, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

149 Aelfred The Great retweeted
Fr. Tom Bombadil
@calix517
9h
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”

But because he wished to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

And Jesus said to him, “The person in your parish that you most dislike.”

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:48 AM (aURVT)

150
I was owned for several years by a strict but loving Lab, we got on quite well regardless.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 26, 2025 06:48 AM (hKoQL)

151 I remember one time I'd been cooking sausages out on the grill, and I brought a plate of them back in, then ducked out of the kitchen for a moment, and when I got back, one of the sausages was missing. I start looking around, and there, backed into the corner of the kitchen, was the tabby with half the sausage already eaten, quickly scarfing down as much as she could before I took the rest away from her.

I reached for it, and I got such a defensive feral growl from her, I decided to let her keep the sausage because she'd stolen it fair and square. (Also I may not have wanted to lose a hand...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

152 One of our guest dogs was picked up last night. His owner was on an Alaskan cruise with his family and didn't get home until 0230 on Monday. The worst part was that his youngest daughter had to go to school for orientation.

But hey; the dog is happy to be back with his people.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 26, 2025 06:49 AM (NR6c1)

153 I sure am glad you are still with us, Pixie. And that you made this morning's post! Take care of yourself, mate!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 26, 2025 06:50 AM (3AwA+)

154 151 I remember one time I'd been cooking sausages out on the grill, and I brought a plate of them back in, then ducked out of the kitchen for a moment, and when I got back, one of the sausages was missing. I start looking around, and there, backed into the corner of the kitchen, was the tabby with half the sausage already eaten, quickly scarfing down as much as she could before I took the rest away from her.

I reached for it, and I got such a defensive feral growl from her, I decided to let her keep the sausage because she'd stolen it fair and square. (Also I may not have wanted to lose a hand...)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2025 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

Awwww. In the kitchen!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:57 AM (aURVT)

155 Apparently, there were a number of people - predominantly women - who developed a romantic attachment to ChatGPT 4. ChatGPT 5 removed the ability for the AI to behave in that manner. Now we're seeing an article about the AI bubble being deflated.

--
There was a scifi short story very similar to this from the 1950s.
It was an android, instead of a nebulous AI

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 26, 2025 06:57 AM (IsuMW)

156 @98/m: Either that was a natural gas explosion with the gas and air mixed just to the right proportions to achieve explosion upon ignition, or someone was cookin' meth. St. Louis, so I'm going to guess meth.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

They need to stop meth-ing around.
Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 26, 2025 07:00 AM (Yh9jm)

157

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 26, 2025 07:00 AM (EFZgU)

158 156 @98/m: Either that was a natural gas explosion with the gas and air mixed just to the right proportions to achieve explosion upon ignition, or someone was cookin' meth. St. Louis, so I'm going to guess meth.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

They need to stop meth-ing around.
Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 26, 2025 07:00 AM (Yh9jm)

I think they've been stopped.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 07:00 AM (aURVT)

159 "Ottawa’s Pride parade cancelled after disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters"

https://tinyurl.com/3hxpc9b4

Heh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 26, 2025 07:00 AM (XQo4F)

160 Our dog mooched food while we were out of the room once, and only once.

It was curry night.

I order mine as spicy as they are willing to make it.

Pooch now steers clear of all human food unless we give it to him directly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 26, 2025 07:01 AM (3pmZ8)

161 Ottawa’s Pride parade cancelled after disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters

"Let them fight."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 26, 2025 07:03 AM (NR6c1)

162 Here’s another article on the Salyut 7 incident.

Apparently the angels were about 80 feet tall with wingspans like a 747.

But a shared hallucination by three cosmonauts one day and all six on another day is highly improbable.

https://tinyurl.com/yucxrrmk
(UFOInsight)
Posted by: SpeakingOf

"Be not afraid..."

Posted by: rickb223 at August 26, 2025 07:03 AM (Yh9jm)

163 mornin yall. Lisa Cook says she is not fired. She's not homeless either. Yet.

Posted by: fd at August 26, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

164 24 314 https://tinyurl.com/y3yn7hmm

A very good 20 Posts from.Doug Ross Substack
Posted by: Skip at August 26, 2025 01:55 AM (+qU29 )
Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 04:49 AM (aURVT)

Robert Sterling
@RobertMSterling
Zohran not benching 135 isn’t a huge deal. I actually served with a few Marines who couldn’t do that and we never gave them a hard time. We didn’t want them worrying during pregnancy and we knew they’d get strong again after coming back from maternity leave.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 07:10 AM (aURVT)

165 >Lisa Cook says she is not fired. She's not homeless either.
-----

and no stranger to a knife and fork, apparently

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2025 07:12 AM (AOsQT)

166
and no stranger to a knife and fork, apparently
Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2025 07:12 AM (AOsQT)

Knife? Fork? You and your fancy-Dan utensils!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 26, 2025 07:13 AM (kkTda)

167 Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 06:48 AM (aURVT)

I laughed- aPriests and ministers would have a lot in common. There is no one I dislike. There is a very smart woman in my congregation who comes early because her fiancée sometimes plays the organ. She is quite vociferous and a conservative and I have to go to my office or car to get some quiet..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2025 07:14 AM (gYJxr)

168
JJS

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 26, 2025 07:16 AM (gbOdA)

169
JJ!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 26, 2025 07:16 AM (kkTda)

170 I can summon the MR simply by commenting

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2025 07:25 AM (AOsQT)

171 104 88 "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance, And the hills in a pair of scales?"
Posted by: Isaiah 40:12 at August 26, 2025 06:06 AM (XQo4F)

(XQo4F) = Quarter Twenty

Ooh, I see some MATH here that I hadn't seen before:

¼ 20

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 08:04 AM (aURVT)

172 from the summary of PDT's flag EO:

The Supreme Court has never held that flag desecration conducted in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action or serve as a form of “fighting words” is constitutionally protected.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2025 08:14 AM (aURVT)

173 All CCP citizens are required by CCP law to engage in espionage when asked. The students should be either turned or returned.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 26, 2025 08:36 AM (mlg/3)

174 Dammit Pixy, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 26, 2025 09:00 AM (wtvvX)

175 sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 26, 2025 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

176 Just walk it off you sissy.

Posted by: alex at August 26, 2025 12:55 PM (llzAX)

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